# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-zorich
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:58:55.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-zorich"
name: "Louis Zorich"
slug: "louis-zorich"
description: "Louis Zorich was an American actor and musician who performed on stage, in films, and television. In film, he appeared in Fiddler on the Roof. On television, he may be best known for portraying sporting goods salesman Burt Buchman, Paul Buchman's father, on the NBC series Mad About You from 1993 to 1999."
tagline: "American actor (1924-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Zorich_1968.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-02-12"
deathDate: "2018-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.71
  momentum:             7.790601813685078
  historical:           14.67388266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957922/"
    handle:    "nm0957922"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4834983"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4"
    title: "لويس زوريش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86"
    title: "لوئیس زوریچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4_%EC%A1%B0%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%98"
    title: "루이 조리치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zorich"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%D8%B3_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86"
    title: "لوئس زورچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6a827a6e-d405-4f7e-ae00-1a6c65d50ebe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q836829"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73210"
    title: "Louis Zorich"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump